By What's Up on 04-16-08

Nothing like hiring pilfering foreigners to make your profit and add burdens to the community, Good luck in the upcoming recession!

By bird on 04-17-08

Of all the issues brought up about management in the last few weeks, none included the parking situation and the fact that they put a new quad chair in to replace an already working quad chair in the exact same location… why not at least extend it down to the base lodge so not every skier is stuck in a slow line to ride a slow Chair 6, just to get off and back in another line to reach the summit?  If you’re going to put a chair in, put it on the East Rim and eliminate the Big Traverse while also spreading out the skier traffic from the Anthill. 

Paying for parking at the upper lots was ridiculous, and there were zero incentives for carpooling on the weekends.  You would think a ski resort would be interested in reducing greenhouse gases if they plan to run a sustainable business.

Also, the new season pass rates, although not a huge increase, do not include summer use of the lifts as they once did.  That will cost you another $150.  I didn’t see that mentioned anywhere in the article.

I realize the mtn has to cater to the rich tourists and intermediate skiers, but they could sure show a little compassion to the locals.  Thank God it snowed as much as it did this year, it was ‘sick’, but I won’t be gambling with another season pass next year.

By Craig Moore on 04-21-08

Trying to be Whitefish Mountain Resort rather than Big Mountain is sheer folly.  Many of these changes remind me of the Yellowstone Club and similar club resorts that are teetering on ruin.  The promoters of professional basketball find themselves in similar situations when they disconnect their product with the local communities through outrageous ticket prices and exclusivity amenities that repel a loyal user base.  People find other venues and forms of entertainment.  In my opinion, Blacktail has the recreational ski product priced right.

By You & Foley on 04-22-08

The backside used to run until 4:00 but these new owners close it at 3:30.  The UGLY new yellow kool-aid site they run says “* lift operating times subject to change.”
This means that they can do what they want.
They still suck major.

By looks like they're watching on 04-22-08

Looks like they’re watching this comment thread, because they’ve corrected the misleading information that ‘bird’ pointed out. Summer passes are $99 if you buy them now, or $149 if you buy them from July 1 on.